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2010 Entertainer of the Year: Betty White at No. 5!

"Extra" asked for your votes on your favorite entertainers of 2010 -- and the top five choices have been made!

Coming in at No. 5 is spectacular octogenarian Betty White, who has had one heck of a year making the masses laugh their asses off.

From her hilarious Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement acceptance speech in January, to her stellar hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live," appearances on the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, her wacky Snickers commercial, her TV series "Hot in Cleveland," and her summer comedy "You Again," Betty is this year's grand dame of comedy!

Betty White

Betty White

Betty White

White has won six Emmy Awards and received 18 Emmy nominations during her career spanning over sixty-five years.

Betty White

She was raised in Los Angeles and attended Beverly Hills High School, graduating in 1939.

Betty White

Per White’s autobiography, she was named “Betty” at birth not “Elizabeth” because her parents did not want her to be saddled with any of the nicknames and derivatives of Elizabeth — i.e. Beth, Liza, Ellie, etc.

Betty White

Before entering the acting world, Betty White worked as a model. Her first gig was at the Bliss Hayden Little Theatre.

Betty White

Betty began her career in radio in the early 1940s. She appeared on radio shows “Blondie,” “The Great Gildersleeve” and “This Is Your FBI.”

Betty White

White got her first big break when she landed her own radio show, called “The Betty White Show.”

Betty White

Betty White debuted on television in 1949 with Al Jarvis on his daily live television variety show, “Hollywood on Television.”

Betty White

White became the host of “Hollywood on Television” after Al Jarvis left the show.

Betty White

Betty White

Bandy Productions created new shows using existing characters from sketches shown on “Hollywood on Television.” White starred in the show, “Life With Elizabeth” from 1952-1955 which effectively boosted her career.

Betty White

Betty White won her first Emmy in 1952 for “Life with Elizabeth.”

Betty White

Betty White made her film debut as Kansas Senator Elizabeth Ames Adams in the 1962 flick, “Advise and Consent.”

Betty White

Betty White married Allen Ludden, host of the game show “Password” in 1963.

Betty White

Betty White appeared on numerous game shows in the 60s, making her thefirst woman to win a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Game Show Host, for the show “Just Men.”

Betty White

Betty has contributed millions of dollars to charities and is one of the country’s foremost animal activists.

Betty White

White appeared on the NBC hit “Mama’s Family” from 1983-1985.

Betty White

Betty White scored her most memorable television role in 1985 as Rose Nylund on “The Golden Girls.”

Betty White

White won an Emmy Award in 1985 for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series during the first season of “The Golden Girls.”

Betty White

A Facebook campaign called “Betty White to host SNL (please)” began in January 2010. The group had 500,000 members when “SNL” confirmed on March 11 that White would host the show on May 8.

At the age 88, White is the oldest person to host “SNL.”

Betty White

White donated nearly $100,000 to the Los Angeles Zoo in the month of April 2008 alone. She’s been a member of the board of directors since 1974.

Betty White

White married first husband Dick Barker, a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot in 1945. They divorced shortly after.

Betty White

Betty married second husband Lane Allen, a Hollywood agent in 1947, but divorced two years later.

Betty White

White’s third husband, Allen Ludden, died of stomach cancer in 1981. She never re-married and the two had no children.

Betty White

Betty White is a vegetarian.

Betty White

Betty was one of the first actresses to earn the unofficial title, “America’s Sweetheart.”

Betty on "SNL"

Betty White "Best Looking"

During the late 1930’s Betty thrived in high school, and was voted the best looking female by her classmates.

Betty White Last Golden Girl

With Rue McClanahan’s death in June 2010, White became the last surviving member of the four “The Golden Girls”.

Betty White "Best WTF"

White received a nomination for “Best WTF” Moment at this years MTV Movie Awards. Other nominees included Megan Fox, Ken Jeong and Bill Murray.

Betty White

On friend Sandra Bullock: “She’s one of the most special people I’ve ever met. Too bad she’s not good looking, but otherwise …”

Betty White and Rue McClanahan

On losing Golden Girl costar Rue McClanahan “I talked to her three days before we lost her … She lived in New York and I lived on the West Coast. We talked every three, four weeks. She was getting back [after some health complications], so we thought she was doing well. But, unfortunately, it surprised us.”

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White posted on her SNL Facebook page;“I’m somewhat of a technological disaster, I hear about it all, but It’s my secretary who keeps me up to date. I don’t even know where that started”

Betty White

Queen Latifah on Betty White “She’s probably my favorite. She’s sweet and funny and as all get up, and a little irreverent. She’s sassy. To me that’s the fun part, especially when you get to the years where she is. You can get away with saying anything and doing anything.”

Betty White and George Clooney

George Clooney did a guest spot early on in his professional career on the hit television series Golden Girls starring Betty White.

Betty White on Sandra Bullock

“Our sex scenes were cut for theatrical release […] but don’t worry, everyone can see them on the unrated DVD. Sandy, you are a national treasure, which I know a thing or two about since my ovaries were recently named historical monuments.”